The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1887-04-14
RAILWAY PIRATES.
THREATENING TILE OFFICIALS,

louPorintenuent Taylor Gets an AumonitOrI
Missive-Ths Amount Of stun Stolen Ag.
grngates More than hus Jet nsen
Imagined-More to bs Arrested.
PITTSBURGH, Pa, April l3.--The accom-
plices Of the arrested trainmen on the Pan
handle Railroad have resorted to threat.
In an endeavor to intimidate the railroad
officials.
There is strong evidence to-day thai
there are still number Of desperate char
acters at large who have taken promi
nent part in the extensive robberies.
The most startling phase in the now
celebrated cass was developed early thil
morning. Fs
Among the mail that lay upon superin.
tendent Taylor'a desk WIS an envelope
that differed from the other, that present.
ed more business appearance. 1twas u
dainty envelope OF the kind thut Ia used
by young ladies in their correspondence,
On the back Of 1t the address appeared in
plain but rather cramped hand that In.
dicated that 1t had been written by a per.
son not In tho habit OF sending letters,
The letter was addressed 10 Superintend.
ent L. 3. Taylor. Its threatening con.
tents were as follows: n
Don't make any more arrests, dam YOU,
or We will cut your dam wires, and do II
as often as we please. You can't got II,
all, and you had better let the matter
drop.
Dennison, O., April 12, 1887.
Superintendent Taylor read it over care.
tully and then smiled as he said he had
no Tears OF the threats being executed. He
picked 1t up second time, however.
when asked by the writer ii he could
recognize the handwriting. After care.
fully studying tho handwriting for a
moment, Mr.. Taylor said he believed he
could place the man who wrote it.
A careful inspection will be made of
the signatures Of all Of the employees who
sign their names to the pay rolls. 1t will
thus be not very difficult matter to 10.
cate the man who wrote the letter.
The lettor shows that there are still des.
perate trsinmen at large. The threats
coming 30 coon alter the arrests proves
that the desperadoes who are atill at large
are willing TO resort to any method TO re-.
tain their freedom. They believe that
they can intimidate tho railroad officials,
In this they are mistaken. 1t will re.
double the efforts Of the officials to hunt
down every man on the road who has
been identified with the robberies.
The letter tnat was sent to Superintend.
ent Taylor is regarded as an additional
evidence that the men are organized. The
iSct of its coming from Dennison shows
that that place is still the rendezvous of a
number Of the men. That only portion
OF them have been arrested is proven.
There may yet be still more startling
events in the final execution Of the gigan-
tic plan of unesIthing the robberies that
is being SO ably executed by tho dstec-
tive employed by the Panhandle Railroad.
Detectives Coulson and Shore were at
the Union Station at o'clock this morn.
Ing. They accompanied the pay car on
its trip to-day. The men will be psjd at
| Washington, Wheeling and Steubsnville
today and at Dennison tomorrow, The
detectives will keep a sharp lookout TO-
day for all suspected freight trainmen,
Superintendent Taylor, in speaking of
the arrests, stated this morning that there
were still large number OF the traiumen
on the Pittsburgh Division on whom there
did not rest the slightes. suspicion. For
these the company has the kindest feel.
ing. He said that there were eighty
through freights between Pittsburgh and
Columbus. OF this number thirty. five
were west of Dennison, and were not un.
der surveillance.
OF the remaining forty-fiye crews, en-
ploylng $50 men, sixty were arrested,
This left about l20 men between Pitts.
burRh and Dennison, he eaid, who we're
not under suspicion and were still work
ing. -s.sl. .--5-l -
! EXTENT or RoBBERIEs.
AS time progresses the most positive
and con6rmatory evidences accumulate
showing thst the speculations on the
Panhandle railroad have been ia, in ex-
cess OF that what has been reported by
the officials and others who might be in.
terested in placing tho losses at the
lowest figure. This afternoon it came to
light that car WAS rifed Sunday week
ago between this city and Donnison, not
single article Of value being left behind.
This bold move on the part Of the railway
Tree. hooters brought them booty valued
at SS. 800. 1t has been stated by parties
in the American detective bureaus Office
in this city that the stolen goods stored in
the rear of Mr. Gilkeson's private ofiice
contain 100000 worth of valuables. n
| n 1rh obt
fences" An addition has been made to
the recovered property by the goods
brought back from New Waterford, Ohio,
by Detective John 7. Norris, who also
had with him Elmer Young, another
OF the accused railroaders. The railroad
company hiss already satisfied most Of the
claims OF the consignees OF the stolen
property. The goods in tho hands OF the
detectives will be sold by auction when
all the cases are settled in court, In
further confirmation Of tho theory that
the robberies have been in eIcees OF what
they have been reported, and that the
losses extend into the hundreds of thou.
sands, the statements oil John Hampton.
Esq, who has been attending to the legal
end Of the case, is alone sufficient, Said
he: Had the counsel and oiiicials OF the
Pan-H Handle Railroad desired to arrest all
Of the employees Of the road who were di.
reclly or indirectly connected with tho
robbcries it twould have been necessary to
stop the operation OF the road. When the
case had been worked up to tho point d
making the arrests selection was made
from the long list Of names, the supposed
rlngleaders being the ones against whom
the charges were preferred.
NOT MORE THAN HALF ARRESTED,
Not only is the number against whom
informations were made small in compar.
ison with what 1t might have been. ac.
cording to Mr.. Hampton's statement, but.
as was learned through positive state,
ment by Alderman Gripp to-day, not more
than half Of those charged in tho informa.
tiona have been arrested. Since the tirst
arrests Of Panhandle men, including many
Tor whom warrants were ont, commenced
fleeing from danger in sll dircctions
Among the number who thus snccaodoJ